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  • Can you really trust your Google search or Facebook feed?

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    When you “google” something you get the same results as everyone else don’t you? When you post something on Facebook, it has an equal chance of appearing in all of your friends’ news feed right? Wrong! You may not be aware of it, but developers, particularly those who develop social media sites and search engines,…

  • New heights in interactive ads: Range Rover’s Being Henry campaign

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Interactive advertising has come a long way, there’s more interactive advertising being utilised by large corporations than ever before. I ran across this campaign from Range Rover which I thought was really fantastic. Do you remember the choose your own adventure books from when you were at school? Making decisions that influenced the outcome of…

  • Annie Leibovitz – beyond the image

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    Tanya Heading

    Today, anyone can be a photographer. But I think it still rings true that a special few have ‘an eye’ for it. I’ve particularly enjoyed watching the successful career of Annie Leibovitz, a renowed photographer to the rich and famous, who made a name for herself with magazine giant Rolling Stone. Her eye for photography…

  • Now here’s how to be creative applying for a job!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    In France, Victor Petit in his pursuit of finding an internship at a communication agency took inspiration from an iPhone app that mimics mouth movements to the lyrics of a song by electronic duo CASSIUS. The idea being that you put the phone screen over your mouth so it looks like you are singing!!! Not…

  • Choose your words carefully – they could change your world

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    We often forgot that with the rise of social media it’s not enough to simply send your message out into the world; it needs to be understood quickly so it can be processed and acted upon even quicker.

  • When fashion & technology collide: Burberry’s Beijing Show

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I’m not someone who you would say is “top of the fashion pack” but it goes without saying that I’m mildly interested in the “catwalk show experience”. I like them and when I’m invited to attend, I go, but I don’t often go out of my way to track them down or view them online.…

  • Generating creativity

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I woke up this morning bursting with blog article ideas – weekend outings, upcoming events, social media trends, mind blowing marketing campaigns – but then I got to work, and the words disappeared like water droplets in the desert. I was stuck at a creative roadblock and regardless of the subject I started on; I…

  • The Queensland Premier’s Design Awards return for 2011

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    After the success of last year’s event, the Queensland Premier’s Design Awards are back for their secon official year and ready to add more inspiring design ambassadors to their ranks. So what are the Queensland Premier’s Design Awards you ask? The awards were started in 2006 when Arts Queensland established the Smart State Designer of…

  • Seven with another

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Pecha Kucha was on again last night at the Brisbane Powerhouse. The name “Pecha Kucha” comes from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat” which reflects the idea behind the inspirational night – concise speakers who have 20 images x 20 seconds to present their ideas. The stand-out speakers for me were Jessica Huddart…